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Extremists (comics)
The following is a list of fictional criminal and terrorist organizations that have been published by DC Comics and their imprints. 0-9 100 Originally based in Metropolis, the 100 kept a firm grip on the city's criminal underworld for years, indulging in crimes such as drug trafficking and racketeering. Their first appearance was in ''Superman's Girlfriend Lois Lane'' #105. A retcon in ''Superman'' #665 (September 2007) shows that during Superman's early years in Metropolis, the 100 was a smaller organization called the 10 with ties to Intergang. 1,000 The former Director of the 1,000 was a US senator named Henry Ballard who shepherded the organization's new direction and goals. Under Director Ballard, the 100 changed its name to the 1,000, attempting to expand their reach to even the Oval Office with Director Ballard as the presidential candidate. The 1,000 first appear in '' Booster Gold'' #2 (March 1986). 2000 Committee A vast criminal organization that planned to take ove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiction
Fiction is any creative work, chiefly any narrative work, portraying character (arts), individuals, events, or setting (narrative), places that are imagination, imaginary or in ways that are imaginary. Fictional portrayals are thus inconsistent with fact, history, or plausibility. In a traditional narrow sense, fiction refers to literature, written narratives in prose often specifically novels, novellas, and short story, short stories. More broadly, however, fiction encompasses imaginary narratives expressed in any Media (communication), medium, including not just writings but also drama, live theatrical performances, films, television programs, radio dramas, comics, role-playing games, and video games. Definition and theory Typically, the fictionality of a work is publicly expressed, so the audience expects a work of fiction to deviate to a greater or lesser degree from the real world, rather than presenting for instance only factually accurate portrayals or character (arts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Son Of Vulcan
Son of Vulcan is the name of two comic book characters, one created by Charlton Comics in 1965, the other by DC Comics in August 2005. Son of Vulcan was one of the characters DC Comics purchased from defunct Charlton Comics in 1983. Publication history The Johnny Mann version of Son of Vulcan first appeared in the Charlton Comics series ''Mysteries of Unexplored Worlds'' #46 (May 1965), retitled ''Son of Vulcan'' with issue #49, and was created by writer Pat Masulli and artist Bill Fraccio. Charlton staff writer Joe Gill would write most of his stories. Predating the Charlton "Action Heroes" line, Son of Vulcan is not properly part of that group. His final Charlton story, "The Second Trojan War" in ''Son of Vulcan'' #50 (Jan. 1966, the last issue, after which the title became '' Peter Cannon, Thunderbolt'' for another ten issues), was the first professional work of writer and future Marvel Comics editor-in-chief Roy Thomas, with the previous issue having seen the character bei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Project Cadmus
This is a list of teams and organizations that appear in various DC Comics publications. Note: Please check :DC Comics superhero teams before adding any redundant entries for superhero teams to the page. 0-9 100 1,000 2000 Committee A Academy of Crime Academy of Arch-Villains The Academy of Arch-Villains was a gathering of Wonder Woman villains Angle Man, Human Fireworks, and Mouse Man. Ace, King, Queen and Jack of Crime Acme Toys A.C.R.O.S.T.I.C. Agency Agenda Agony and Ecstasy Agony and Ecstasy are a duo of enforcers of Hell. Aerotroopers Ajan Enterprises Alien Alliance There are two versions of the Alien Alliance: Alien Alliance I Alien Alliance II Alleytown Kids Alliance Competalian rebels from ''JLA: Haven''. Allied Supermen of America The Allied Supermen of America team was created as an homage to the Golden Age Justice Society of America and the Silver Age Justice League. The team was created by Alan Moore and included characters created ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Top (character)
The Top (Roscoe Neyle Dillon) is a supervillain appearing in comic books published by DC Comics. The character has made limited appearances across DC-related media while a female version appeared in the live-action television series '' The Flash'', portrayed by Ashley Rickards. Publication history Top first appeared in ''The Flash'' #122 (August 1961) and was created by John Broome and Carmine Infantino. Fictional character biography Roscoe Dillon is a small-time crook who turns his childhood obsession with tops into a criminal persona. Roscoe taught himself how to spin around fast enough to deflect bullets and produce other semi-useful effects. Top soon discovers that the spinning increased his intelligence as well (because his body and thus his mind are spinning at super human speeds), allowing him to create a variety of trick tops. He tried to blackmail the world with an atomic top that would destroy half the world when it slowed down and imprisoned the Flash inside it, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Folded Man
Fadeaway Man Fadeaway Man is the name of several characters appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Fadeaway Man was created by writer Len Wein and artist Rich Buckler, and first appeared in ''Detective Comics'' #479 (1978). Anton Lamont Anton Lamont is a professor and member of the Secret Society of Super Villains who wields the Cloak of Cagliostro which enables him to become invisible and intangible. Leo Lamont Leo Lamont is the grandson of Anton Lamont. Failsafe Failsafe was created by writer Chip Zdarsky and artist Jorge Jiménez, and first appeared in ''Batman'' (vol. 3) #125 (September 2022). Failsafe is an android who Batman created to stop him should he ever go rogue. He is kept in the Batcave for years until the Penguin frames Batman for murder. Believing Batman to have turned evil, Failsafe battles him and is temporarily possessed by Batman's Zur-En-Arrh persona who transforms his body to resemble Batman. It was revealed that Failsafe cloned Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barry Allen
Bartholomew Henry "Barry" Allen is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. He is the second character known as the Flash, following Flash (Jay Garrick), Jay Garrick. The character first appeared in ''Showcase (comics), Showcase'' #4 (October 1956), created by writer Robert Kanigher and penciler Carmine Infantino. A forensic chemist, Barry accidentally gains superpowers following a lightning strike in his laboratory. Like other heroes who go by the Flash, Barry is a "Speedster (fiction), speedster", with powers that derive mainly from his superhuman speed. He wears a distinct red and gold costume treated to resist friction and wind, traditionally storing the costume compressed inside a ring. Created as a reimagining of the popular 1940s superhero Flash (Jay Garrick), The Flash (Jay Garrick), the success of Barry Allen's ''Flash'' comic book helped to bring about the Silver Age of Comic Books and contributed to a large growth in DC Comics' stable of sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eobard Thawne
Eobard Thawne, also known as the Reverse-Flash and Professor Zoom, is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by John Broome (writer), John Broome and Carmine Infantino, the character first appeared in ''The Flash (comic book), The Flash'' #139 (August 31st 1963) and has since endured as the archenemy of Flash (Barry Allen), Barry Allen / Flash (DC Comics character), The Flash. Eobard Thawne, as introduced by name in ''The Flash'' #153, is the first and most well-known character to assume the Reverse-Flash mantle, and is additionally a descendant of Cobalt Blue (comics), Malcolm Thawne and ancestor of Bart Allen, Reverse-Flash#Thaddeus Thawne, Thaddeus Thawne and Captain Boomerang#Owen Mercer, Owen Mercer. In his comic book appearances, Professor Eobard Thawne is depicted as a scientist from the 25th century who originally idolized the Flash. He replicated the accident that gave the Flash his powers, but was driven insane and became obsesse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Speed Force
A speedster is a character, primarily in superhero comics, whose powers primarily relate to superhuman speed (also known as superspeed). Primary abilities shared by all speedsters include running at speeds far in excess of human capability (to varying degrees) and resistance to the side effects of such velocities (air resistance, inability to breathe, dynamic shock resulting from contact with objects at high speed, etc.). In almost all cases, speedsters can physically attack opponents by striking them at high speed, imparting great kinetic energy without themselves being harmed or at times even affected at all. A variety of other powers have been attributed to speedsters, depending on the story, their power's origin, and their universe's established continuity and rules. Plausibility and artistic license The use of speedsters in fiction requires artistic license due to the laws of physics that would prohibit such abilities. Moving at the speed of sound, for example, would create so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirage (DC Comics)
Mirage is the name of two fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The first was a minor villain of Batman. The second is a heroine affiliated with the Teen Titans. Fictional character biography Mike The first Mirage is Mike, a normal man who uses a special gem to generate illusions. Batman destroys the gem, but Mirage uses its fragments to create contact lenses that possess the same effect. In ''52 (comics), 52'', Mirage is killed by Bruno Mannheim. Miriam Delgado The second Mirage, Miriam Delgado, is a member of the Team Titans and part of a resistance against the dictator Lord Chaos. While traveling in time to prevent Chaos' birth, Mirage is raped by her former lover Deathwing (comics), Deathwing and eventually gives birth to a daughter, Julienne. In ''Zero Hour: Crisis in Time!'', Mirage learns that she is a Brazilian street urchin who the Time Trapper kidnapped and implanted with false memories. Powers and abilities Both incarnations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Detective Comics
''Detective Comics'' (later retitled as ''Batman Detective Comics'') is an American comic book series published by Detective Comics, later shortened to DC Comics. The first volume, published from 1937 to 2011 (and later continued in 2016), is best known for introducing the superhero Batman in Detective Comics 27, ''Detective Comics'' #27 (Cover date, cover-dated May 1939). A second series of the same title was launched in September 2011, but in 2016, reverted to the original volume numbering. The series is the source of its publishing company's name, and—along with ''Action Comics'', the series that launched with the debut of Superman—one of the Mass medium, medium's signature series. Between 1937 and 2011, there were 881 issues of the series. It is the longest-running comic book series in the United States. Publication history ''Detective Comics'' was the final publication of the entrepreneur Major (United States), Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, whose comics company, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
California
California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an international border with the Mexico, Mexican state of Baja California to the south. With almost 40million residents across an area of , it is the List of states and territories of the United States by population, largest state by population and List of U.S. states and territories by area, third-largest by area. Prior to European colonization of the Americas, European colonization, California was one of the most culturally and linguistically diverse areas in pre-Columbian North America. European exploration in the 16th and 17th centuries led to the colonization by the Spanish Empire. The area became a part of Mexico in 1821, following Mexican War of Independence, its successful war for independence, but Mexican Cession, was ceded to the U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hollywood, Los Angeles
Hollywood, sometimes informally called Tinseltown, is a List of districts and neighborhoods in Los Angeles, neighborhood and district in the Central Los Angeles, central region of Los Angeles County, California, within the city of Los Angeles. Its name has become synonymous with the Cinema of the United States, U.S. film industry and the people associated with it. Many notable film studios such as Sony Pictures, Walt Disney Studios (division), Walt Disney Studios, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros., and Universal Pictures are located in or near Hollywood. Hollywood was incorporated as a municipality in 1903. The North Hollywood, Los Angeles, northern and East Hollywood, Los Angeles, eastern parts of the neighborhood were Merger (politics), consolidated with the City of Los Angeles in 1910. Soon thereafter, the prominent film industry migrated to the area. History Initial development H. J. Whitley, a real estate developer, arranged to buy the E.C. Hurd ranch. Whitley shared ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
